The current COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has become a global health emergency. Treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (CIBD) according to the standards includes the use of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), corticosteroids, cytostatics, and biological therapy. However, these treatments can weaken the immune system, which potentially puts COPD patients at increased risk of infections and infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Therefore, patients with CVD have a greater risk of developing COVID-19 and more severe clinical course, or even death, compared to the general population.
Науковий керівник відділеня гіпертонічної хвороби ДУ “ННЦ “Інститут кардіології ім. М.Д. Стражеска” НАМН України”, доктор медичних наук Л.А. Міщенко етапі та звернутися до лікаря, а відтак, уникнути небажаних наслідків. Лікар-кардіолог Лариса Міщенко розповіла про основні речі стосовно артеріального тиску, які варто знати кожному.
During the fighting near Izyum in the spring of 2022, military Mikhail Yurchuk received a complex wound. As a result, the man lost an arm and a leg. First, he was fitted with a prosthetic leg, and recently at the Lviv National Rehabilitation Center "Indestructible" - a modern bionic prosthetic arm. Thanks to special sensors, it can reproduce familiar movements. Now the warrior is undergoing rehabilitation. This was reported in the First TMO Lviv.
Moreover, low vitamin D levels common in patients with CVD may increase the risk and severity of COVID-19. This is because vitamin D increases levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines and reduces viral replication, which in turn can reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines that contribute to lung damage. Despite the lack of evidence demonstrating increased susceptibility to COVID-19, drugs used in the treatment of COPD increase the risk of respiratory tract infections to varying degrees. However, theoretically, some immunosuppressive drugs may have beneficial effects, given that the cause of death in COVID-19 is a cytokine storm leading to acute respiratory failure.